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[+] 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
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    I think I’m getting tired of people putting survival over standing up to the system.

    Should people that still work at Twitter get a pass for the destruction it’s doing because there are lower level employees that need a paycheck to survive? How about employees at Google that indirectly enable Google to amass data at such a large scale it becomes impossible to have any privacy?

    I understand the need to survive. Does a McDonalds worker lose anything by not turning the guy in? Is 50k worth the potential long term gain for society if the rich become fearful?

    Maybe after a certain point even those trying to survive should share the blame for the negativity their contributions bring. Where that line is, I’m not sure.

    This transaction feels like a bribe to keep the poors in check. “Here’s enough money for a small trailer to live in. Have fun.”

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I’m getting tired of people putting survival over standing up to the system.

    That's a pretty privileged position to take. "Hey you, poor person, you should die so I have the opportunity to benefit from the system changing." Is that any different from what CEO was doing?

    Does a McDonalds worker lose anything by not turning the guy in?

    Yes, $50k.

    I'm not trying to justify it. I'm just pointing out that a year and a half salary is a pretty strong incentive. That is the opportunity to quit your job and not worry about money for a couple of months while you look for a better job. Whether you work at McDicks or Xitter, I understand the appeal of that. And I think a lot of people at least consider that.

    Maybe after a certain point even those trying to survive should share the blame for the negativity their contributions bring.

    This transaction feels like a bribe to keep the poors in check.

    I mean, yeah. That's the whole point. But I still don't blame the individuals that are also victims of the system.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nah, its more that if i had a way to impact the system, id do so in a heartbeat even if it meant my death so that others could benefit. Hence, I expect the same of the people that have been through what ive been through. The customer and the employee have the privileged position because they evidently dont know that hardship or dont care. How you work at mcdonalds and dont understand that rich people are evil is beyond me, so for the employee im leaning more towards doesnt care. Which, again, due to experiancing the trauma of living in the US and not being wealthy, means that he is the definition of a class traitor and is on the level of the CEOs. He saw an opportunity to get his, fuck everyone else.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I fully agree. I'd be the first to defend the rat as a victim of the system, but fucking hell he didn't risk losing his job or death by just looking the other way, doing what you need to do to survive isn't an excuse to outright aid the bastards and that same logic definitely extends to xitter employees etc. who'd have every other tech company fight for them if they left.

    I'm starting to think The Matrix had the right idea. Until someone is "awake" they can easily turn into an agent of the system, a dedicated defender of it, and as such we can't think of them as friends.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Are they actually going to pay that out?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They usually do, it's pennies to the government. Notice however, it's information leading to the arrest AND conviction. They're not getting paid anytime soon, if at all.

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    [+] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)
  • [–] [S] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I would be curious to see that image

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    I'd be keeping my head down if I was him.

    You say this, but you're posting articles with a video of him, falsely stating that he's the one the made the report, when if you watch the video it's pretty clear he was not. You really should edit this comment and your parent one if you are concerned about this completely innocent person's well-being.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not sure if they took it down or what, but theres no images of the customer, and the video that presumably shows them wont play or load on my phone. You got a screenshot? Also didnt see a hometown listed unless they grew up in that town

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  • [+] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I mean by sharing the link you already shared it, but i got the video to work and i screenshotted it in case they do take it down. Ill upload to a mirror later

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, but I'm not just sharing a face. I'm sharing a legit news article. Anyway, thanks for your work making sure it stays up.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It was not a customer that reported him. It was an employee. Your misinformation is probably not appreciated by the person you're pretending to be concerned about.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Um akshually it was a customer that reported them to an employee, who then reported them to the cops.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Why the hell would anyone report a killer to a McDonald's Employee?

    There is a video of the customer talking about it. He said that they were just jokingly talking with some friends about how that dude looked like the CEO killer. But not him not any of his friends called the police or had intention too.

    The rat was the mcDonald employee, who, after hearing this called the police to get the reward.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Every article I've read says it was a customer. Only people on SM are saying it was an employee.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    My understanding is that initial reports just stated that he was reported inside a McDonald's, and lots of people and articles assumed it was a customer. But every recent article I've seen states it was an employee. At this point it could be either one, but from what I can see, I think it was an employee.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    iCe ShiT broKeN is actually advertising for them. Pretending that their diseased sugar is valuable.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    what if the shooter wanted to do a nice thing for an underpaid worker and get them the reward for getting him caught?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What if a worker didn't dob them in, and they said they did in order to hide the real way they found them.

    The NSA ain't giving up their secrets that easily.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I guess I'm not considered part of a country.

    Luigi wandered into a Mall of all places to get food. He was never going to escape with that sort of planning. Maybe he should have used some of that $10,000.00 Cash to buy some travel snacks before he killed a high profile individual and fled? Camping supplies, even.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    NUKE THAT MAC

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Snitches get McStitches?

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